What made you start Lifting weights?

[darkside06]

I was a track & field athlete through out highschool, I was very diciplined since very young, As a teenager I really enjoyed running, with that came wanting to eat healthy, since I was around 14 I would do my "own" routine, not with weights, but resistance & body weight excercises. I just knew I loved to be fit, & the look of muscle, I loved to read about different training programs, techniques, nutrition, etc.

I really got into weights later on in my life, I just love to feel strong, & it this came in handy when I had to hold my daughter with one hand & still be able to take the double stroller from the trunk of my car with the other hand (damn those things where heavy) ..lol

Taking care of my body makes me feel good about myself, (especially when I run into some of my "not so good friends" from high school) 16 years later & seeing how they do a double look..lol This is a lifestyle I would never leave...

Hahahahaha.....hell yeah! I showed up to my 10 yr reunion a few years ago looking ripped and all the preppy rich assholes and jocks were all fat, overweight, and balding......and all the preppy girls who would never give me the time of day in highschool were all overweight as well. felt great!

[Smilee21]

I was a track & field athlete through out highschool, I was very diciplined since very young, As a teenager I really enjoyed running, with that came wanting to eat healthy, since I was around 14 I would do my "own" routine, not with weights, but resistance & body weight excercises. I just knew I loved to be fit, & the look of muscle, I loved to read about different training programs, techniques, nutrition, etc.

I really got into weights later on in my life, I just love to feel strong, & it this came in handy when I had to hold my daughter with one hand & still be able to take the double stroller from the trunk of my car with the other hand (damn those things where heavy) ..lol

Taking care of my body makes me feel good about myself, (especially when I run into some of my "not so good friends" from high school) 16 years later & seeing how they do a double look..lol

This is a lifestyle I would never leave...

I totally understand... I feel the same, and for me it feels good to be doing the things I love to do again. Sometimes our choices in life lead us down a different path but it doesn't mean we can never choose another path.

[Smilee21]

Hahahahaha.....hell yeah! I showed up to my 10 yr reunion a few years ago looking ripped and all the preppy rich assholes and jocks were all fat, overweight, and balding......and all the preppy girls who would never give me the time of day in highschool were all overweight as well. felt great!

Yes, I agree with this. I have seen the same thing and I am amazed to see how much they have changed and not in a good way.

[Solid Snake]

I put on some unwanted weight one summer and I just was not happy with the way i looked, so I decided to do something about it...now my entire life revolves around it.

When I first started i loved the attention that came with it but the more I got into the less I cared about the attention. I dont do it for anyone else but myself and that's what keeps me going.

[Z28mac]

16 used to weigh 310lbs (all fat) and got tierd of not to be able to do normal things or get women. now im 220 at around 14-16% BF and am a US Marine i have come a long way

[Zero V]

When me and the girl I loved broke up, I needed to channel my depression/anger before I killed myself/someone else. She ended up marrying another guy at my church soon after and I took to the weight room, running 4 miles a day and lifting weights daily. I dropped from 165lbs down to 135lbs of solid shredded muscle, then began to climb into the 140's and then 150's.

I fell in love with the power, the presence it gives you, the endurance, health, energy, the physical attraction it has on girls, and the confidence.

Short of being knocked out of the game by twisting up my spine, nothing was stopping me. But I am on my way back to the top again

I will lift till the day I die.

Essentially it also helps that my ex's husband is a dorky guy who looks like a tall gopher, and now I rock a look she cant have

[Smilee21]

When me and the girl I loved broke up, I needed to channel my depression/anger before I killed myself/someone else. She ended up marrying another guy at my church soon after and I took to the weight room, running 4 miles a day and lifting weights daily. I dropped from 165lbs down to 135lbs of solid shredded muscle, then began to climb into the 140's and then 150's.

I fell in love with the power, the presence it gives you, the endurance, health, energy, the physical attraction it has on girls, and the confidence.

Short of being knocked out of the game by twisting up my spine, nothing was stopping me. But I am on my way back to the top again

I will lift till the day I die.

Essentially it also helps that my ex's husband is a dorky guy who looks like a tall gopher, and now I rock a look she cant have

[weights=life]

was a four sport athlete, kinda went along with the territory. after it all ended i let myself go was extremely depressed, got back in the gym and have never felt better, its my way of life.

[ausmusclebound]

I think for me it started when i was maybe 15, watching arnie movies like conan and predator, i decided shit i want biceps like that so i got 4 bricks and jammed them on a cut down broomstick handle lol
i used to bicep curl that shit every day for years, i was clueless haha but i gained some size on my arms and would show off to the girlies any chance i had lol
actually come to think of it mum has a photo of me when i was 8 or 9 im my undies pulling a front double bicep, i wanted to be a bodybuilder before i knew their was such a thing lol

[gorilla_boy]

No... I am not, I will not lie. It has been discussed in the past. The attraction towards one another is there. But it does not mean we need to act upon it. There is such a thing as Self Control and Will Power, and this is one area where I am quite Weak and need to Strenghten.

We made it clear from the beginning of our training that we will not Cross those invisible lines.

You're totally going to hit that. Atta girl.

[Smilee21]

I think for me it started when i was maybe 15, watching arnie movies like conan and predator, i decided shit i want biceps like that so i got 4 bricks and jammed them on a cut down broomstick handle lol
i used to bicep curl that shit every day for years, i was clueless haha but i gained some size on my arms and would show off to the girlies any chance i had lol
actually come to think of it mum has a photo of me when i was 8 or 9 im my undies pulling a front double bicep, i wanted to be a bodybuilder before i knew their was such a thing lol

My son is 5 yrs old and he loves working out

[nutnless220]

I remember the Charles Atlas ads in the back of the comics when I was around 10.
Then, noticing in High School that the jocks got the hot chicks, whether they had any money or not.

When I was in the Navy after High School, weights were free and I was away from home and broke. I enjoyed the competition and the camaraderie.

After the service, The classic break ups with GF's would always drive me back into the gym with a vengeance. Then when the new unit moved in, the weights moved back out.

When I hit 40, I finally got serious. Anti-aging, Overall fitness, stress killer, and needing something constant in my life that didn't change with jobs or women.

At 48 now, it's just what I do. More of a zen thing, Even I can't explain it. But I couldn't live without it.
It defines me even as it refines me. Anything that comes between me and my time in the Gym must be ruthlessly eliminated. Barring severe injury or illness, I’ll never stop.

[traviswyliedime]

All my friends got into drugs and I felt bodybuilding was the best thing I could...once i started i never stopped and never looked back at those losers

[Smilee21]

I remember the Charles Atlas ads in the back of the comics when I was around 10.
Then, noticing in High School that the jocks got the hot chicks, whether they had any money or not.

When I was in the Navy after High School, weights were free and I was away from home and broke. I enjoyed the competition and the camaraderie.

After the service, The classic break ups with GF's would always drive me back into the gym with a vengeance. Then when the new unit moved in, the weights moved back out.

When I hit 40, I finally got serious. Anti-aging, Overall fitness, stress killer, and needing something constant in my life that didn't change with jobs or women.

At 48 now, it's just what I do. More of a zen thing, Even I can't explain it. But I couldn't live without it.
It defines me even as it refines me. Anything that comes between me and my time in the Gym must be ruthlessly eliminated. Barring severe injury or illness, I’ll never stop.

That's is awesome

[Smilee21]

You're totally going to hit that. Atta girl.

I Didnt See Your post until Now. I am seriously trying my best to behave, it's one of the hardest things to do though.

I have feelings for another person so it keeps me from going further with my training partner. There is something about this particular guy that draws me to him. I want to be so naughty with him but also want more than a friendship, I want to date him. I just don't know how he really feels about me.

I am remaining neutral and behaving myself and waiting for "My Mr. Right" (there is only one)

[PaiN iiS pLeasuRE]

i read through this thread and thought that smilee21 was a little queer, come to realize your a girl i failed to notice this the first time around lmao...i feel much better about reading everything now...

aaaannd you're right theres only one "Mr" or "Mrs" right for everyone, but its not a race to find them...

[darkside06]

i read through this thread and thought that smilee21 was a little queer, come to realize your a girl i failed to notice this the first time around lmao...i feel much better about reading everything now...

Aaaannd you're right theres only one "mr" or "mrs" right for everyone, but its not a race to find them...

lmao!

[Smilee21]

i read through this thread and thought that smilee21 was a little queer, come to realize your a girl i failed to notice this the first time around lmao...i feel much better about reading everything now...

aaaannd you're right theres only one "Mr" or "Mrs" right for everyone, but its not a race to find them...

LMAO... I am mostly definitely a female, I like both men and women. Have dated both, I don't prefer one over the other. It's more of whom I Have a stronger connection with that I end up being with